Sometimes in the author community we talk about “the readers” as if they’re a separate group, but to tell the truth, we’re all readers first, aren’t we? I talked about this in a Writer Unboxed post not too long ago:

We started writing because we loved reading. We’re over the moon that we have become the people we once looked up to, creating stories that fill readers with emotion. We may not read at a blistering pace given life’s other demands and temptations, but if you give us the freedom and space to choose an activity, reading is going to be high on the list.

When you pour your creative energy into writing books of your own, it does change your relationship with other people’s books, but that doesn’t have to be a negative thing.

Read more about my relationship with reading here.